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An Olympic medal has died after being hit by lightning.
Alpine skier and skiing crossed Audun Groenvold was hit by Lightning during a “Cabin Trip”, announced the Norwegian Ski Federation on Wednesday. He was 49.
“It is with great sadness that we have received the news of Audun Groenvold’s early transient,” Federation said. “The former national alpine skier and ski cross was recently hit by Lightning during a cabinet.”
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Audun Groenvold (NOR) competes during the Lord Freestyle ski on skiing crossed the qualifying on Cypress Mountain in Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. (Guy Rhodes -usa Today Sports)
The union said Groenvold was “quickly taken to the hospital and received treatment of the injuries he sustained in Lightning Strike” and then died on Tuesday night.
Groenvold was hit by the bolt on Saturday.
Groenvold was a member of Norway’s Alpine Skiing Team before moving into Freestyle and Ski Cross in 2004. He served a bronze medal at Winter -Ol in 2010 in Vancouver.
He had a podium finish like a World Cup’s alpine skier, finishing in third place in a downhill in Sierra Nevada, Spain, in 1999.
After his career ended, he became a national team coach and a TV commentator.
Bronze Medal Audun Groenvold (NOR), Left, on the podium during a medal era for the men’s intersection at BC Place during Vancouver Winter -Ol in 2010. (Guy Rhodes -usa Today Sports)
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“Norwegian skiing has lost a prominent figure that has meant so much to both the alpine and freestyle communities,” said Federation’s President Tove Moe Dyrhaug, adding that his passersby creates “a huge void.”
Groenvold ended behind Switzerland’s Michael Schmid and Andreas Matt of Austria at Vancouver Games.
He competed in his first race at the age of 3 and earned Alpine Ski World Cup Points for the first time two months before his 21st birthday in 1996.
Audun Groenvold (NOR) competes during the Lord Freestyle ski on skiing crossed the qualifying on Cypress Mountain in Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. (Guy Rhodes -usa Today Sports)
Groenvold competed in the freestyle skiing world championship throughout Europe, where he won three wins. Two of them came within a month period in 2007 and the other came in 2010. He also ended up on other three other times.
